Railway liberalisation: a perfect system on the paper that the manager has not been able to digest
The punctuality has worsened with the entry of new companies, but the network has the capacity to take more with the proper maintenance and safety
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The punctuality has worsened with the entry of new companies, but the network has the capacity to take more with the proper maintenance and safety
The former Minister of Transport of Spain, Óscar Puente, and the former President of Adif (Administrator of Railway Infrastructure), Luis Pedro Marco de la Peña, resigned their charges in the midst of the investigations into the train crash in Urda (Toledo) on October 28. Report from our correspondent, Elise Gazengel.
The liberalization of high-speed transport must be translated not only into lower prices and more places, but also into more public resources to ensure the good state of the roads
The railway manager has allocated €2.9 million to three contracts, and it is bidding another one, to digitise the orders with which the traffic is managed and which the drivers receive. Today they are handwritten in paper books
The Minister, who has just assumed the functions of Transport, says there is still room for action before the elections.